Washington Dbq Monument Analysis

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The factors a group or agency should consider when memorializing an event or person and in creating a monument are being absolutely sure that this person or event is worthy enough of being recognized and made into a monument. They should also consider if the monument will cause any trouble where it is placed and also the majority of the communities thoughts and feelings on the monument that’ll be placed.
In source E in Washington D.C it was questioned whether the mall was the “proper place for a museum that is dedicated to victims and survivors of the Holocaust.” (Source E) The reason that this was questioned was because a protestor stated,” Imagine a Holocaust museum in the town whose political sages refused to lift a finger to halt the Holocaust

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